娶る

Japanese
Kanji in this term
娶
めと
Hyōgaiji
kun’yomi

Etymology

Compound of 女 (me, “woman”) and 取る (toru, “to take”).

Pronunciation

Verb

娶る (godan conjugation, hiragana めとる, rōmaji metoru)

  1. to take a wife; to marry

Conjugation
Conjugation of "娶る" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Stem forms
Imperfective (未然形) 娶ら めとら metora
Continuative (連用形) 娶り めとり metori
Terminal (終止形) 娶る めとる metoru
Attributive (連体形) 娶る めとる metoru
Hypothetical (仮定形) 娶れ めとれ metore
Imperative (命令形) 娶れ めとれ metore
Key constructions
Passive 娶られる めとられる metorareru
Causative 娶らせる
娶らす		 めとらせる
めとらす		 metoraseru
metorasu
Potential 娶れる めとれる metoreru
Volitional 娶ろう めとろう metorō
Negative 娶らない めとらない metoranai
Negative continuative 娶らず めとらず metorazu
Formal 娶ります めとります metorimasu
Perfective 娶った めとった metotta
Conjunctive 娶って めとって metotte
Hypothetical conditional 娶れば めとれば metoreba

References
  1. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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